Impact of an emergency department nurse training intervention on the adequacy of thromboprophylaxis for venous thromboembolism: the PROTESU III study.

Objective: Objectives. To assess the impact of training for emergency department (ED) nurses on adequate thromboprophylaxis for patients admitted to hospital from the ED for medical conditions. Methods.

Clinical course in older patients diagnosed with syncope treated in Spanish emergency departments: results from the Emergency Department and Elder Needs-17 study.

Objective: To study factors associated with hospitalization in an unselected population of patients aged 65 years or older treated for syncope in Spanish hospital emergency departments (EDs). To determine the prevalence of adverse events at 30 days in patients discharged home and the factors associated with such events.

Methods: We included all patients aged 65 years or older who were diagnosed with syncope during a single week in 52 Spanish EDs, recording patient clinical and ED case management data.

Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients admitted from Spanish emergency departments: the PROTESU II study.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of inappropriate use of prophylaxis to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with medical diseases admitted to hospital from the emergency department. To explore variables associated with inappropriate thromboprophylaxis.

Methods: Prospective multicenter cohort study in 15 hospital emergency departments.

Factors related to bladder catheterization in older patients and its possible association with prognosis: results of the EDEN-30 study.

Objectives: The aims of this study in the Emergency Department and Elder Needs (EDEN) series were to explore associations between clinical variables on arrival at the ED (baseline) and the insertion of a bladder catheter, and the relation between catheterization and deterioration to a more complex or serious clinical state.

Material And Methods: Included were all patients aged 65 years or older attended during 1 week in 52 Spanish EDs. Patients were grouped according to whether a bladder catheter was or was not inserted in the ED.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on demand for emergency department care for older patients: the EDEN-7 COVID cohort study.

Objectives: To analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Spanish emergency department (ED) care for patients aged 65 years or older during the first wave vs. a pre-pandemic period.

Material And Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional study of a COVID-19 portion of the EDEN project (Emergency Department and Elder Needs).

Impact of emergency department management of isolated superficial vein thrombosis of the lower limbs: a secondary analysis of data from the ALTAMIRA study.

Objectives: To describe the management of superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) of the lower limbs in patients treated in Spanish hospital emergency departments (EDs). To evaluate the impact of ED management of venous thromboembolic complications on outcomes and to determine the characteristics of patients who develop complications.

Material And Methods: The retrospective multicenter ALTAMIRA study (Spanish acronym for risk factors, complications, and assessment of Spanish ED management of SVT) used recorded data for consecutive patients with a diagnosis of isolated SVT treated in 18 EDs.

Sociodemographic characteristics, functional status, and health resource use of older patients treated in Spanish emergency departments: a description of the EDEN cohort.

Objectives: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics of and the health care resources used to treat patients aged 65 years or older who come to hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Spain, according to age groups.

Material And Methods: We studied the phase-1 data for the EDEN cohort (Emergency Department and Elder Needs). Forty Spanish EDs collected data on all patients aged 65 years or older who were treated on the first 7 days in April 2019.

Convalescent Plasma Therapy, Therapeutic Formulations of Repurposed Drugs in 20th Century Epidemics against COVID-19: A Systematic Review.

Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) represents one of the largest pandemics the world has faced, and it is producing a global health crisis. To date, the availability of drugs to treat COVID-19 infections remains limited to supportive care although therapeutic options are being explored. Some of them are old strategies for treating infectious diseases.

Characteristics of isolated superficial vein thrombosis and diagnostictherapeutic management in Spanish hospital emergency departments: the ALTAMIRA study.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics of patients with isolated lower-limb superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) treated in hospital emergency departments and to evaluate adherence to clinical practice guidelines on diagnosis (vein ultrasound imaging) and therapeutic management (start of anticoagulant therapy).

Material And Methods: Retrospective cohort study in 18 Spanish emergency departments. We included all patients with a final emergency department diagnosis of lower-limb SVT aged 18 years or older between January 2016 and May 2017.

Pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19: incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcome.

Aims: We investigated the incidence, risk factors, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients with COVID-19 attending emergency departments (EDs), before hospitalization.

Methods And Results: We retrospectively reviewed all COVID-19 patients diagnosed with PE in 62 Spanish EDs (20% of Spanish EDs, case group) during the first COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19 patients without PE and non-COVID-19 patients with PE were included as control groups.

Profiles of patients with venous thromboembolic disease in the emergency department and their medium-term prognosis: data from the ESPHERIA registry.

Objectives: To assess the 180-day prognosis for patients of different profiles diagnosed with venous thromboembolism (VTE) in emergency departments (EDs). Secondary aims were to assess all-cause mortality and readmission rates and to describe the clinical characteristics and forms of presentation of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in each patient profile.

Material And Methods: Secondary analysis of data from the ESPHERIA registry (Spanish acronym for Risk Profile of Patients with VTE Attended in Spanish Emergency Departments), which includes consecutive patients with symptomatic VTE treated in 53 EDs.